[] () a computer designed to work in exactly the same way as another more expensive one made by a different company仿制机；兼容机◆a company producing IBM clones生产 IBM 兼容机的公司used in a disapproving way to say that a thing or a person seems to be an exact copy of sth or sb else（带有贬意）好像一模一样的人，复制品，仿制品，翻版◆He's just a clone of the boss.他和老板几乎一模一样。